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Occultation of Venus by the Moon on Thursday 9th November

On Thursday 9th November the Moon will pass in front of the planet Venus and for a short time the

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Jupiter coming to opposition

Jupiter will be at opposition this Friday, 2023 Nov.3, at about 05h UT. With a declination of 13.7°N, it is

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Artist's concept of KOI-872/Kepler-46, courtesy of Southwest Research Institute

Postponed – Exoplanet Division software tutorial – Online meeting

We regret that this online meeting has been postponed. We expect the new date to be in the late summer

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Juno at PJ54

JunoCam at PJ54: What the pictures show Juno’s Perijove-54 was on 2023 Sep.7.  There have been no major changes since

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Comet tail disconnection event predictions

Disconnection events The ion tail of a comet is driven away from the coma by the solar wind which flows

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Another major outburst of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

Richard Miles on behalf of the Comet Chasers team run by Helen Usher reports another major outburst of this unusual

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Deep Sky Update – September 2023

Now past the autumnal equinox we are really seeing the return of properly dark skies. It’s just a pity the

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Sun in H-Alpha on 2nd September 2022 by Stuart Green

Solar Section Zoom Meeting

The BAA Solar Section will be holding a Zoom meeting on Friday 24th November at 7:30pm (UK time). There will

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Historical Section Meeting 2024

The next Historical Section meeting will take place at the Museum Street Methodist Church, Ipswich on Saturday May 18th 2024.

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Saturn 2023 Apparition Notes

2023 Mar The first observation of this apparition was made by Trevor Barry on Mar 29. 2023 April During April,

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